HC Deb 26 March 2003 vol 402 c246W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what crèche facilities are provided by her Department; and at what cost. [104291]

Clare Short

My Department does not provide crèche facilities. We do provide holiday playschemes for staff in our offices in London and East Kilbride. The costs of the holiday playschemes are as follows:

East Kilbride £10 annual registration fee for first child and £5 for each additional family member plus £9 per child per day, paid wholly by the parents.

London £30 per child per day (as at December 2002) of which the parent and DFID pay £15 each. £26 per child per day (for the remainder of 2002) of which the parent and DFID pay £13 each. For 2002, the cost to DFID for subsidising DFID parents' use of the Whitehall Holiday Playscheme was £2,256.